‘Central Park’ Survives an Angry Mob in This Exclusive Season 2 Clip

A year later and Loren Bouchard, Nora Smith, and Josh Gad’s comedy is still central in our hearts. This week marks the return of Apple TV+’s Central Park, a vivid and constantly hilarious ode to New York City’s greatest park. And Decider has your exclusive first look at the mayhem in Season 2’s premiere.

You know how Bob’s Burgers always secretly wants to be a musical? Well, that animated aspiration serves as the basis of Central Park. The star-studded series follows dedicated park manager Owen Tillerman (Leslie Odom Jr.) and his eccentric family. But while they worry about Turtleheads and secret dogs a bigger threat looming on the horizon as local richie rich woman Bitsy Brandenham (Stanley Tucci) attempts to buy the park. It’s half family drama, half an underdog going up against the man, all set to elaborately animated musical numbers. Yes, that is cool.

You know what’s less cool? City wide blackouts. That’s the obstacle the Tillerman family, Bitsy, and her assistant Helen (Daveed Diggs) face in Season 2’s premiere episode, “Central Dark.” After Bitsy shows off her plans to buy Central Park to her rich friends, New York falls into a city-wide blackout. That marks the perfect opportunity for these movers and shakers to steal Bitsy’s papers in the dead of night. It’s exactly the sort of ridiculous yet minimally dangerous stakes Bob’s Burgers has perfected.

“I’m one step ahead of you, Bitsy,” one of Bitsy’s fork-weilding rivals yells. “Fork it over.”

“Too much with the fork stuff,” Helen shoots back.

The rest of the clip follows Helen and Bitsy as Helen rescues her employer from another angry mob. “I could have done so much with my life,” Helen complains before running away, jumping off a bridge, and swinging down into a shipping container filled with foam fingers. We’re on Helen’s side this time around. That’s a pretty cool way to save someone’s life, actually.

It’s also a pretty perfect representation of this lovely show. If you want action, drama, musical numbers, excellent jokes, and a fully realized cartoon universe within a cartoon universe, you want Central Park. The joy starts this Friday, June 25, with the premiere of the first three episodes. Central Park Season 2 will then follow a weekly release schedule for the remainder of its episodes. Check out the clip above and mark your calendar.

Watch Central Park on Apple TV+